I am on home oxygen and my air hose keeps kinking up. How do I stop that?
Since this could be a Life Threatening Situation you should speak to your Doctor and the supplier of your Medical Oxygen equipment BEFORE changing anything. They have experience with YOUR situation and can make suggestions accordingly. If you do not Twist or Severely Bend the tubing by over tensioning it, as would happen if you pulled on it when it became taught, it likely should not be kinking. Therefore try to adjust how you treat the tubing in those situations to avoid that problem in the future. Alternately, if the strain is caused by a length of tubing that is too short thus restricting your movements to the point of kinking, a slightly longer piece of tubing might be in order. (CONSULT your Doctor about the appropriateness BEFORE changing the length of the tubing.) In the case of many of the clear plastic tubings, a given size (I.D. / Inside Diameter) is available with more than one Wall Thickness. A Thicker Wall will make the tubing less likely to kink or crush out of shape, but will be stiffer and heavier.
